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The Teachings of the Church Fathers
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Now: $19.95Was: $21.95The Fathers of the Church have been a vital source of wisdom and inspiration for countless saints, popes, peasants, and converts throughout the history of the Church. In this powerful one-volume...Now: $19.95Was: $21.95 -
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Too Small a World: The Life of Mother Frances Cabrini
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Now: $16.95Was: $18.95"The world is too small," Saint Frances Cabrini (1850–1917) once declared. "I would like to embrace it all, to reach every corner." This compelling, authoritative biography chronicles the astounding...Now: $16.95Was: $18.95 -
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Father Miguel Pro: A Modern Mexican Martyr
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$18.95Now: $14.35Was: $15.95One chilly November morning in 1927, a slender young priest stood before a firing squad in Mexico City. Five shots cracked through the air, and he fell lifeless on the ground. The man was Miguel...$18.95Now: $14.35Was: $15.95 -
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Saint John of the Cross: Master of Contemplation
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$18.95Now: $17.95Was: $19.95Saint John of the Cross is the Church's premier teacher on contemplative prayer. Catholic tradition even calls him the Mystical Doctor. The sixteenth-century Carmelite priest not only wrote four...$18.95Now: $17.95Was: $19.95 -
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Jesus and the Old Testament Roots of the Priesthood
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Now: $20.95Was: $22.95Is there anything in the New Testament about the need for priests in the Church? Many Protestants would argue no. And if you point out that there is a priesthood in the Old Testament, they are likely...Now: $20.95Was: $22.95 -
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A Song for Nagasaki
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$18.95Now: $16.15Was: $17.95On August 9, 1945, an American B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, killing tens of thousands of people in the blink of an eye, while fatally injuring and poisoning thousands more. Among...$18.95Now: $16.15Was: $17.95 -
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Padre Pio Under Investigation
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$18.95Now: $17.95Was: $18.95On June 14, 1921, a priest knocks at the convent in San Giovanni Rotondo. He is in his early forties and wears a simple cassock, but he is no ordinary priest. He is Bishop Raffaello Carlo Rossi,...$18.95Now: $17.95Was: $18.95 -
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Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary
Now: $15.25Was: $16.95Using his in-depth knowledge of the Bible and ancient Judaism, Dr. Pitre uses his familiar voice to answer important questions about the Biblical understanding of Mary and the Church's teaching on...Now: $15.25Was: $16.95 -
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What is Christianity? The Last Writings
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Now: $21.95Was: $24.95After Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI resigned from the papacy in 2013, he never stopped thinking or writing. Near the end of his life, he and editor Elio Guerriero gathered together a whole volume of new...Now: $21.95Was: $24.95 -
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The Confessions: Saint Augustine of Hippo
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Now: $13.45Was: $14.95The Confessions of Saint Augustine is considered one of the greatest Christian classics of all time. It is an extended poetic, passionate, intimate prayer that Augustine wrote as an autobiography...Now: $13.45Was: $14.95 -
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A Memory for Wonders: A True Story
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Now: $15.25Was: $16.95Here for the first time is a captivating autobiography of a French girl raised in the wild Moroccan frontier by her communist parents who fled France and vowed that "no one would speak to her of God...Now: $15.25Was: $16.95 -
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In the Eye of the Storm
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Now: $16.15Was: $17.95Rome in the year 590 a.d. A plague is tearing through the city. Pope Pelagius II is dead. Outside the walls, Lombard soldiers are raising their swords. What can save the Eternal City? All eyes, and...Now: $16.15Was: $17.95